Obihiro Street Punks Tape 1987 (320)
Authentically fun "back in the day" wizard-hat compilation tape of Japan's more obscure noisecore and "trash punk". The demo / live / rehearsal triumvirate is raped to full exploitation, though I can honestly say most recordings remain bright and legible. Unlike MCR's thousands of comps, each band retains it's own uniqueness and memorability, with my faves falling to Traicy Rose's chaotic thrash and Genocide's garage rock. Oh yeah, the complete bands are Jisatsu, Stali-nism (their most complete document thus far), Human Gas, Traicy Rose, and Genocide. For those who have psychotic episodes on the O.G.ness of ones and zeros, this rip was shit out directly from God's gaping Goatse asshole.
Obliteration - "This Is Tomorrow" 7" Master 2009
Exceptionally produced, pit-exploding "Japanese" hardcore from Bastan (their 2nd / best EP). Arrangements are kept to a semi-minimum while not being minimalist, solos scream, guitar tones are fucking demolishing (no braindrill, the "Japcore" is traditional), and the extremely hoarse vocals utilize reverb so tight they nearly feel double-tracked. This is an MP3 conversion of the master for the EP, which was "secretly" uploaded as is by the band itself. The only negative to this entire review? Members are gemini as fuck.
Chaos Channel - Interview 2007 (?)
Before Damaging Noise was a blog, it was a micro-zine/newsletter. Right when Chaos Channel got going again (which took fucking forever, even when first announced), their singer Chatter / No. 6 was temporarily more social with the fanboys online. I managed to wrangle this admittedly half-ass (on Chatter's end) interview. Language barriers aside, he could have done a LOT better (a fact depressingly accentuated by Jun Kato telling me "he doesn't even make sense in Japanese"). So yeah, I released it as a front/back one-sheet to whoever I was trading with, and I believe it made it in as a supplement to another zine or two. This is nearly 10 years old, but have at it (or not). Clicky-clicky = biggy-biggy...
Disastrous Murmur - Rehearsal '88, Live '89, 2nd Demo '91
Decent to "good" sounding rehearsal, live soundboard, and the 2nd demo from Austria's cultest death-grind legends. The band has always displayed to me a dichotic medley of incredibly simple (and simply incredible) ugly death-grind that is then augmented with surprisingly virtuoso soloing. I'm not that hot on the 2nd demo, since it wanders into Roadrunner-tech territory, but overall this is one of the very few remaining O.G. bands that embodies "timewarp" in continued style and mindset.
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